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Former NPR foreign editor recounts the fall of Saigon 50 years ago

Former NPR foreign editor recounts the fall of Saigon 50 years ago

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Loren Jenkins, former Newsweek reporter and former NPR foreign editor, about the fall of Saigon and what many consider the end of the Vietnam War 50 years ago.

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